Press Release

On 14 March 2014, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the addition of the entry specified below to its Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2083 (2012) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations:

The new Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations, Sabri Boukadoum, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The new Permanent Representative of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the United Nations, Vasile Andonoski, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks before meeting with religious leaders from the Central African Republic, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Forests, to be observed on 21 March:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Lieutenant General Jose Luiz Jaborandy, Jr., of Brazil as Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti.

Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s statement, as prepared for delivery, at the high-level briefing on the conclusions of the third informal Civil Society Hearing and the 2014 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime scientific consultation addressing drug use through a health-based approach, in Vienna today:

Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s statement, as prepared for delivery, at the high-level review of the implementation of the Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an Integrated Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem, in Vienna today: